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September 18, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya Papuan protesters from seven customary regions this week stormed the Mako Brimob police headquarters in Kota Raja, Jayapura, accusing the KPK and police of “criminalising” local Governor Lukas Enembe. The protest on Monday was organised in response to the Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK) Corruption Eradication Commission’s attempt to investigate corruption allegations ... <a title="Papuan protesters warn Jakarta – ‘don’t criminalise’ Governor Enembe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/18/papuan-protesters-warn-jakarta-dont-criminalise-governor-enembe/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan protesters warn Jakarta – ‘don’t criminalise’ Governor Enembe">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
ANALYSIS: By David Engel, Albert Zhang and Jake Wallis The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has analysed thousands of suspicious tweets posted in 2021 relating to the Indonesian region of West Papua and assessed that they are inauthentic and were crafted to promote the policies and activities of the Indonesian government while condemning opponents such ... <a title="Suspicious ‘Papuan’ tweets promoted Indonesian government’s agenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/suspicious-papuan-tweets-promoted-indonesian-governments-agenda/" aria-label="Read more about Suspicious ‘Papuan’ tweets promoted Indonesian government’s agenda">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2022
COMMENT: By Robbie Newton of Human Rights Watch Authorities arrested six Indonesian soldiers last week suspected in the killing and mutilation of four Indigenous Papuans in Indonesia’s West Papua province. The bodies of the four men were discovered on August 26 by local residents of Iwaka village, outside the town of Timika, in sacks floating ... <a title="West Papua atrocity – a warning to Jakarta for impartial investigation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/05/west-papua-atrocity-a-warning-to-jakarta-for-impartial-investigation/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua atrocity – a warning to Jakarta for impartial investigation">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2022
RNZ Pacific Seven people have been found guilty of “treason” after raising the banned Morning Star flag in West Papua, a Melanesian region of Indonesia. In the Jayapura District Court this week, the seven were each jailed for 10 months and fined. The flag is considered a symbol of the West Papua struggle for independence ... <a title="Seven West Papuans jailed for raising banned Morning Star flag" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/02/seven-west-papuans-jailed-for-raising-banned-morning-star-flag/" aria-label="Read more about Seven West Papuans jailed for raising banned Morning Star flag">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The co-founder of Tabloid Jubi, Victor Mambor has been presented with the 2022 Udin Award from Indonesia’s Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) during the organisation’s 28th-anniversary celebration. Mambor is an indigenous Papuan journalist who has dedicated his life for decades to the field of journalism. The Udin Award — presented last ... <a title="Papuan journalist Victor Mambor wins Udin Award for ‘dedicated journalism’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/02/papuan-journalist-victor-mambor-wins-udin-award-for-dedicated-journalism/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan journalist Victor Mambor wins Udin Award for ‘dedicated journalism’">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The United Liberation Movement of West Papua has condemned the brutal killing and mutilation of four indigenous West Papuans last week, saying it was a “a reminder of Indonesian colonialism”, as authorities announced the arrest of six special forces suspects. News agency reports said Indonesian security forces had arrested the six ... <a title="Killing of four West Papuans ‘brutal reminder of reality’ under Jakarta rule, says Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/31/killing-of-four-west-papuans-brutal-reminder-of-reality-under-jakarta-rule-says-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about Killing of four West Papuans ‘brutal reminder of reality’ under Jakarta rule, says Wenda">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Indonesia has lodged a diplomatic protest with Papua New Guinea after the alleged shooting of an Indonesian fishing boat captain within the PNG-Indonesia border last week. PNG Prime Minister James Marape yesterday confirmed an investigation is being conducted into the shooting. “PNG will be conducting a ... <a title="Marape pledges investigation into border shooting incident as Jakarta protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/29/marape-pledges-investigation-into-border-shooting-incident-as-jakarta-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Marape pledges investigation into border shooting incident as Jakarta protests">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2022
EDITORIAL: The PNG Post-Courier The alleged shooting of Indonesian fishermen by Papua New Guinean soldiers last week where one Indonesian was reportedly killed is a very serious matter and must be attended to immediately. Prime Minister James Marape has given word that an investigation will be carried out to ascertain the facts behind the shooting. ... <a title="Post-Courier: Border patrol by soldiers or navy must be taken seriously" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/29/post-courier-border-patrol-by-soldiers-or-navy-must-be-taken-seriously/" aria-label="Read more about Post-Courier: Border patrol by soldiers or navy must be taken seriously">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2022
RNZ News Floods have struck the West Papuan city of Sorong following heavy rains early this week. There are reports of 1.5 metre-high flooding and landslides with two people killed. Roads and thousands of houses in the city were inundated by floodwater. Two people died when their house was engulfed by a landslide. They were ... <a title="Two die in heavy floods in West Papuan city Sorong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/26/two-die-in-heavy-floods-in-west-papuan-city-sorong/" aria-label="Read more about Two die in heavy floods in West Papuan city Sorong">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2022
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland Governor Lukas Enembe of Indonesia’s Melanesian province of Papua has expressed support for a call from the Papuan Student Association Oceania (PSAO) for a New Zealand-Papuan scholarship. The statement has been made after a relentless campaign by the Papuan advocacy group, which is made up of the PSAO and other ... <a title="Papuan governor supports advocacy group’s call for NZ scholarship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/22/papuan-governor-supports-advocacy-groups-call-for-nz-scholarship/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan governor supports advocacy group’s call for NZ scholarship">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2022
IndoLeft News Indonesia’s Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy says that the presidential decree (Keppres) on the formation of a team for the non-judicial resolution of past gross human rights violations — signed recently by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo — will reinforce impunity and absolve perpetrators of past human rights violations. According to Setara Institute ... <a title="Jokowi accused of whitewashing rights crimes in latest ‘impunity’ decree" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/20/jokowi-accused-of-whitewashing-rights-crimes-in-latest-impunity-decree/" aria-label="Read more about Jokowi accused of whitewashing rights crimes in latest ‘impunity’ decree">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya Sixty years ago today — on 15 August 1962 — the fate of a newly born nation-state West Papua was stolen by men in New York. The infamous event is known as “The New Agreement”, a deal between the Netherlands and Indonesia over West Papua’s sovereignty. A different fate had been ... <a title="Yamin Kogoya: West Papua’s colonial fate – UN ‘New York Agreement’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/yamin-kogoya-west-papuas-colonial-fate-un-new-york-agreement/" aria-label="Read more about Yamin Kogoya: West Papua’s colonial fate – UN ‘New York Agreement’">Read more</a>
